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Dangerous Driving 2 announced for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC; Playable at Pax East
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I think people really misinterpreted it when they said "open world". This looks to be more akin to NFS Hot Pursuit 2010, where there was an open world but all the tracks were closed.
Closed track racing within an open world sounds good to me. Hopefully it can bring fans of the older Burnout games and Paradise together.
If it turns out to be anything like Hot Pursuit 2010 (but faster) then i'll be happy. That was a good game.
If it turns out to be anything like Hot Pursuit 2010 (but faster) then i'll be happy. That was a good game.
I loved Dangerous Driving (as well as Criterion's Most Wanted and Hot Pursuit) and I'm really pumped for the followup, but why does the dev sound so standoffish and passive aggressive in that Kotaku interview? It's quite uncomfortable.
That has always been the case with Three Fields Entertainment, right back to their first game when they categorally stated that it wasn't possible to implement a instant restart on levels withouth loading them again (especially annoying for that kind of game), but of course later on added it somehow. Or stuff from the first Dangerous Driving with roadside arrows that point in the exact wrong direction on some turns because "that's how it is in real life roads, too" or something like that - maybe, but your game isn't exactly a simulation either, isn't it?
Their whole way of doing PR is strange as well, gating new information behind a semi-secret feeling mailing list most of the time doesn't strike me as the best way to get people to notice you.
"most people have never heard of us, because we are seven people" - maybe, but e.g. Thomas Happ is one person and also didn't have some pre-advantage like "being the creators of a much-loves arcade-racing series", yet somehow managed to become known to a decent amount of people with his first game. Sorry, but that point doesn't work in your favour.
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Ward has always been like that. He seems like a nightmare to work under IMO.
Ward has an incredibly huge head. Granted he's done a lot for the genre but games are made by teams, not individuals.
I remember in an interview once he refused to answer the question of what makes a good NFS because he wanted to be paid for the answer. His newer games are nothing to write home about.
I remember in an interview once he refused to answer the question of what makes a good NFS because he wanted to be paid for the answer. His newer games are nothing to write home about.
It just makes me not want to support somebody who acts in such a strangely passive aggressive manner. Like, did he have beef with Kotaku or something?
I'll pick up Dangerous Driving 2 but it'll be to support the others at the studio rather than this guy.
You had the option to drive around the open world. You couldn't race or anything but could still freely drive if you wanted to.
Press Y or Triangle on the map screen and then you can freedrive.
I haven't fully gotten into a racer in years, so might take a trip back to Hot Pursuit or Most Wanted while I wait for this to come out. Dangerous Driving isn't the most exciting title mind you. Part of me wished they'd have called Dangerous 2: High Impact or something instead, and let "Dangerous" become the racing brand going forward.
It's more like he thinks he's the absolute master at game design and if you even slightly poise a thought that remotely questions that he will get super pissed.
They didn´t made it a big selling point either, it was kinda there and there was nothing to do around the map. Underground 1 had this concept too but there was no option to freeroam the map.
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